Topics :: sex ed

In much of the world, giving out condoms and guidance to gay, bisexual and transgender sex workers is routine. But reaching out to men who have sex with men is practically revolutionary in parts of the English-speaking Caribbean.

After years of research and development, Masque has been designed by a team of scientists who have created a formula combining flavor blockers microencapsulated in a paper-thin, dissolvable, oral gel strip.

The AIDS crisis that ravaged the gay community in cities like New York and San Francisco may be less visible, but it is still raging, health experts earn--and a new wave of HIV infections may be about to crest.

Researchers who conducted a survey of young men who have sex with men (MSMs) have concluded that effective education efforts concerning HIV/AIDS are best possible if directed at youths in their early teens.

A proposed sex education program that teaches fifth-graders the different ways people have intercourse and first-graders about gay love has infuriated parents and forced the school board to take a closer look at the issue.

Religious and social conservatives are alarmed at a new U.N. report that recommends teaching children about human sexuality from an early age, using a curriculum that includes information about contraception, STDs, and masturbation.